Jim Inhofe

Jim Inhofe (17 November 1934-) was the US Senator from Oklahoma (R) from 16 November 1994, succeeding David Boren. He had previously served as a member of the US House of Representatives (R-OK 1) from 3 January 1987 to 15 November 1994, succeeding James R. Jones and preceding Steve Largent.

Biography
Jim Inhofe was born in Des Moines, Iowa on 17 November 1934, and he served in the US Army before graduating from the University of Tulsa in 1973. He worked in business for 30 years (as an aviation businessman, real estate developer, and as President of the Quaker Life Insurance Company) before entering politics as a Republican Party member. He served in the State House of Representatives from 1967 to 1969, in the Oklahoma Senate from 1969 to 1977, as Mayor of Tulsa from 1978 to 1984, as a member of the US House of Representatives from 1987 to 1994, and in the US Senate from 1994. He was one of the most conservative members of the US Congress, and he supported Israel, military intervention in Syria, making English the official language of the United States, homophobia, and closing down sanctuary cities.